A one stop news site that has the newest evidence-based medical discoveries. The purpose is to help our readers have a better health. We will focus on life changing habits and will have a strong concentration on anti-cancer lifestyles and strong cancer research data for long term cases like Mesothelioma.

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Two Baylor College of Medicine researchers in Houston are working on a cocaine vaccine they hope will become the first-ever medication to treat people hooked on the drug. "For people who have a desire to stop using, the vaccine should be very useful," said Dr. Tom Kosten, a psychiatry professor who is being assisted in the research by his wife, Therese, a psychologist and neuroscientist. "At some point, most users will give in to temptation and relapse, but those for whom the vaccine is effective won't get high and will lose interest."

The immune system — unable to recognize cocaine and other drug molecules because they are so small — can't make antibodies to attack them. To help the immune system distinguish the drug, Kosten attached inactivated cocaine to the outside of inactivated cholera proteins.

Contact the Editor

Questions? Please email the editor.
Please note throughout our site we offer links or refer to books and publications. This does not constitute that we recommend these publications nor warrant their accuracy. We recommend that you always contact a health care professional for medical advice.